Iveco climbs to the Podium in Stage 3 of the 2015 Dakar

San Juan – Chilecito turned out quite a tough special stage for Trucks, causing trouble to several contenders. The best Iveco man was Gerard de Rooy at the wheel of his Powerstar, who finished third.

​Reliability is just as or even more important than speed in a Dakar competition. In the toughest world’s Rally, competitors are already driving through the tough roads of the Andes Mountains.

Despite having had a good start-off fighting with Eduard Nikolaev’s Kamaz inch by inch, Gerard de Rooy lost some ground in the second half of the stage with his Iveco Powerstar to finish 3rd, 4m30s behind the Kamaztrucks of Russian pilots Mardeev and Karginov: he is behind by less than 10 minutes, so he still stands good chances to continue fighting for victory.

Hans Stacey stayed behind a bit finishing 12m47s away from the leader. Having lost such time, he moved from the 2nd position in the General Classification down to the 8th, behind his team mate Gerard de Rooy.

In turn, Catalonian pilot Pep Vila, onboard the Iveco Trakker Evolution II, remained very close to the Top 10 throughout today’s race. After more than 3h40m, he finished in the 11th position.

Posted by IVECO - 14-01-2017

Iveco leaves South America with a podium and the head held high. Enjoy this video! #IVECODakar

Posted by Iveco - 16-01-2017

IVECO Dakar 2017 – Podium

Posted by IVECO - 16-01-2017

Posted by Iveco - 04-01-2017

The 3rd stage has just finished with another podium for Team PETRONAS De Rooy IVECO! Federico Villagra placed in the 3rd position, after an heavy penalization for Van Genugten and a hard day for De Rooy, who lost lot of time due to flat tyres.#Dakar2017 #IVECODakar2017

#Dakar2017 3rd stage: Federico Villagra on the podium after an heavy penalty for Van Genugten who lost the third place. #IVECODakar

Posted by IVECO - 04-01-2017

Gerard de Rooy hit trouble with punctures since the beginning of the stage that linked San Miguel de Tucumán and San Salvador de Jujuy. Yet, Federico Villagra inherited Van Genugten’s place and put Iveco on the podium.

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